Open Thread

'All You Can Eat' Yourself Right Into Bankruptcy.  'Endless shrimp' to put an end to Red Lobster?: Locations of Red Lobster all over the country have been closing down, with…

The C. Montgomery Burns Of Maryland?  $62 Mill couldn't buy Total Wines' David Trone a Senate seat: Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) spent $62 million of his own money on the…

RIP: Rep. Joe DiPinto.  It would be difficult to find a more civic-minded Wilmingtonian than Joe DiPinto.  To me, he was a public servant in the best sense of the…

The Late, Great Hannibal Lecter.  More proof irony is dead: Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs? The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a…

State Department As Feckless As Biden On Gaza.   Can't anyone just come out and say the obvious?: The State Department’s report on the war in Gaza — which suggested Israel…

Let Your Grass Grow.  Not that kind of grass.  Anybody who's driven past my yard knows why I draw inspiration from this piece: Your vibrant green lawn may look lush,…

Everything Falls Apart--In The Carney Administration.  Another scandal, another attempted cover-up: A former Delaware Department of Labor supervisor embezzled more than $181,000 from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund in…